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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • growing up with friends

    Udupi was a small sleepy temple town. We lived in a joint family. So my cousin Ahalya was and is not only my sister but also best friend. It was strange that we had issues with our mother’s because of each other but between us it was not. She was of course all of a year and…

  • college -collage

    on revamping education system.

  • fly a kite

    15th June 1752, Benjamin Franklin succeeded in his experiment with electricity by using kite flying. This discovery incidentally saved his house from being struck down by the wrath of Thor. It is commemorated by flying a kite. I wonder what would happen if a science teacher would tell her students “go fly kites in honour…

  • smile power day

    15th june is power of a smile day. Smile and the world smiles with you, and cry you cry alone was what we learnt. But as I see things today smile and the world smiles at you, cry and you pay for the Kleenex. For want of better things to do I thought of listing…

  • unseen sights

    Raindrops and roses and whiskers and kittens Blue satin ribbons and white woollen mittens, The winds that roar over the mountain I have heard them, the swaying trees I would like to see it. . The sea that crash the rocks, the white water surf. As I tread on the dew soaked grass, I would…

  • the doll

    I wish I had never thrown my doll Malini away. I was just 5yrs. Old when papa went to UK for his FRCS. For me it was like Papa was going to Alladin’s cave. My brother and I were left in the care of my maternal grandparents by mom, who was recuperating from typhoid. She…

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